Youth throws egg at Kumar Vishwas, arrested

Claims to be member of SP’s Mulayam Singh Youth Brigade.

Kumar Vishwas, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) probable candidate against Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha elections, escaped an egg thrown at him during a press conference in Lucknow Saturday. The youth, identified as Saif Jafri and around 24-year-old, claimed to be a member of Mulayam Singh Youth Brigade.

Jafri was referring to allegedly objectionable comments made by Kumar during his mushairas earlier. Kumar had recently apologised for the comments.
As AAP workers tried to stop the youth, he managed to hurl an egg at Kumar. The egg, however, missed him him.

Later, talking to television channels, Jafri claimed he belongs to Mulayam Singh Youth Brigade, which is one among Samajwadi Party’s four official frontal organisations for youth.

Five minutes after the disruption, Kumar reminded that ink was thrown at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. “If all these four parties (Congress, BJP, SP, BSP) think that they can win elections by hurling eggs and ink at AAP’s press conferences, then I would have to say that they haven’t learnt their lesson from Delhi.”

Kumar then “announced” that now “we will win Amethi with more votes”.
Kumar had called the press meet to brief about his Sunday’s Jan Vishwas Rally in Amethi. He said through the rally, the party will target corruption and nepotism. Kumar also said unless he is called by the party, he will stay in Amethi till the elections “or till his death”.

Meanwhile, when asked about Jafri’s claim of being a member of Mulayam Youth brigade, SP spokesperson and cabinet minister Rajendra Chaudhary said he was not aware of the incident, adding, “I don’t think he (Jafri) is a prominent member of the party.” He also said he doesn’t consider such protests “appropriate.”